The home court — or in this case, home track — advantage is not supposed to include cold and drizzly conditions, but it worked that way Saturday for Monsignor Farrell athletes, who earned seven sets of first-place awards at their 11th annual Farrell Invitational.

Warwick Valley also had a good day, carting home an identical number as the Lions.

Farrell's Dan Lewandowski was the team's lone individual gold medalist, winning the 3,000 steeplechase in 10 minutes, 8.8 seconds after a battle with McKee/S.I. Tech's Javier Viruel (10:14.6) over the final 500 meters.

MSIT's Mohammed Aziz, however, proved the Sea Gulls will be a force to be reckoned with, taking the sophomore 2,000 steeple in 6:59.0. Susan Wagner's Kyle Brandt was second in 7:04.9.

The cold certainly posed a challenge for all who attended, however, Xaverian's Laray Smith of St. George and Farrell's Justin Sicari turned some heads with their performances on and off the track.

Smith, a junior and an Advance All Star in football and track, led off his school's fourth-place 4x400 relay with a blazing and uncontested 48.8 split.

Sicari, a 5-foot-8 sophomore, who appeared to have springs in his legs, was perfect as perfect could get, scaling a personal best of 6-4¼ in the high jump relay. He teamed with Tom Vazzanna to win (12-¼).

Sicari's previous best was 6-2 indoors and 5-10 last year as a freshman. The Lion cleared the following heights in the first attempt: 5-8, 5-10, 6-0, 6-3 and 6-4¼. He fouled all three times at 6-5.

St. Peter's was victorious in the 4x400 (3:32.7), putting together Alvin Joseph II, Steve Putowski, Gary Falco and Rob Moore to edge Westbury by 0.1.

Susan Wagner's Benjamin Ezike and Alex Jolly won the long jump relay with a combined measure of 40-4¾.